I hope you have a had a very lovely start to your year.

I thought I would add some thoughts that may help you to a very wonderful year…

A New Year awakens possibilities, hopes and aspirations…
Nurture them…it is easy to fall into habits and previous routines by end of January or February…
Your aspirations are always with you…just remind yourself of them…

At the start of a year or at the end of the prior one, we clutch our loved ones and remind them how much they mean to us. We remember fond memories and do our best to forget those not so fond.
Hold them deeply…your love for them is priceless…for yourself, and for them…

Sometimes some may not say those words you have been wanting to hear…
It does not mean it is due to any shortcomings in you…
Love them anyway…and yourself…

There are those for whom you light up their world…
Whether they be a lover, a friend, a relative, a pet, or someone new…
You are still lighting up the world…your light burns brighter each time…

Do not forget what you offer this world…
Too often we get caught up with the day, and ups and downs…
A ship may rock up and down, but doesn’t forget its path…
It is ok if you experience turbulence, but stay true to your course…

There are those wanting to adore you for you…
Allow them to do that…it is not just about you receiving, but allowing them to give too…
Both have their own meaning to the heart…

Take this year and know that everything is to play for…
It doesn’t matter the past that you accumulated…
It is not an accumulation world but a flow one…
In changing you, you change what you accumulate…
The past disappears, new experiences and people and happenings appear…
Everything is changeable…

Your future is bright and large…with you very PRESENT in it…

To YOU, and to one of your most memorable years EVER.

With Much Love,

Hemal

Hemal is the author of “Find You, And You Find Everything: The Secrets to the Law of Attraction”, an International Speaker, and ‘Super’ Coach on Manifesting and Law of Attraction. His quotes and inspiration are shared all around the world and translated into many languages. You can find Hemal Radia and his Manifesting & Law of Attraction content on various social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as his blog with over 200 articles www.HemalRadia.com www.ManifestingandLawofAttraction.com 

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When many go through challenges and strife, it may be very easy to believe that they are alone and that there is nothing and no one on their side. This can very much be an easy view to have from our ‘physical’ perspective. Especially when we have always been taught to only believe what we can see.

There is more in this Universe that is unseen than is seen. For everything you see, there is an energetic and unseen component. Nothing happens by chance. Everything is ‘energy’ and has a vibration.

There is more in this Universe that is unseen than is seen. You get to have revealed to you what you are ready to see by what you believe.

For everything you do not see in your life, such as the people you would like to have around you or the prosperity you would like, there is an unseen component that already exists. But, when you focus on the absence of it, that component does not manifest into a tangible physical experience. In fact, you manifest the opposite because that is where your attention is.

This Universe loves you, adores you, you are its child and expression and it lives through you. It wants you to succeed. And when you do, it does too.

This Universe is your friend. It cannot be any other way because you are an expression and an aspect of it. There is no separation between you and it. It is like your kidney disowning the rest of you. You are all and one, and interconnected. There are no hardships, boundaries or separations, other than those created.

The Universe is full of diversity and choice and you get to experience the reality you choose, and you choose it by what you focus upon. Along the way, there may be stumbles and happenings which may surprise you; they will be indicators of tweaks you can make to improve your alignment and flow. When something surprises you, it is an opportunity to adjust your attention to what is important to you and BE from it. The Universe soon corresponds to your beingness by way of physical manifestations.

In a world where it can appear to feel easy to be isolated and alone, remember that inherent in everything within you and around you is an interconnection and an energy. An energy which could also be metaphysically labelled as ‘love’. Put your attention on this. Feel it within. Live from that place. Then notice the situations that come your way from these subtle shifts you make.  

The Universe IS listening to you. It never hasn’t. But as with any friend you speak with, make sure your message is clear. The Universe hears you through your emotions. Be clear what you feel about what you want, and keep out of your vibration what you do not want by keeping your attention on what you DO want. Your friend, the Universe, loves you and is on your side and will correspond, without fail, every time. Your friend is always listening. Just be mindful of what you are communicating through your thoughts.

Hemal is the author of “Find You, And You Find Everything: The Secrets to the Law of Attraction”, an International Speaker, and ‘Super’ Coach on Manifesting and Law of Attraction. His quotes and inspiration are shared all around the world and translated into many languages. You can find Hemal Radia and his Manifesting & Law of Attraction content on various social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as his blog with over 200 articles www.HemalRadia.com www.ManifestingandLawofAttraction.com 

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Set yourself free from he Law of Attraction “rules” – we absolutely do not have to love everything!

This kind of thought-system only keeps people stuck; because we are straining and almost struggling to be loving people, and we are not always that way.

The appreciation, or thankfulness of the particular life lesson almost always comes AFTER the situation has changed, not during it’s emotional rawness!

Just as an example; I have moved about 30-35 times or so in my life and I can honestly say that I have NOT loved all the places I have lived at all, and I have been able to move anyway, so I really don’t think it matters.

We are setting up all these ‘rules’ for ourselves, instead of accepting ourselves as we are. We all have a darker self too (named the ego) and if you are not yet an enlightened being living in a everlasting bliss-state of mind, then give yourself some slack!

You don’t have to love all the time!

You are allowed to be who you are, human and all, AND experience change in your life; even miracles.

I believe that God holds my life and has a plan for me, and my rantings and vision-boards and wish-lists has no meaning as I truly believe that God has a greater plan for me.

But this AFTER I surrendered to it and basically begged him to use me as he see fit.

This does NOT mean that the Law of Attraction is not real or anything; it only means that I truly believe that we are not in as much control of our lives as we think we are, and when I realized that I felt a huge relief and inner joy; the bubbly kind of joy that can be felt from the core of our being.

That is MY life, it doesn’t mean that I’m right and someone else is wrong.

God just doesn’t use us all in the same way, and when we let go (surrender to his plan) our old ways of believing and thinking transforms. (As Jesus teaches in A Course in Miracles for example, or the wisdom of Teresa of Avila or John of the Cross, with which I can relate)

The ‘have to love’-part is just not true in my mind – the only thing it’s good for (the thought-system of believing that) is that with those kinds of thoughts, we put ourselves in a space of accepting life as it is, in the moment, but it doesn’t change anything but our perception of life right now and helps us feel better. Love is not something we “should” do, it has to come naturally.

It’s like saying that you have to love your molester/abuser (or something else that you just can’t ‘love’) and that before you can get rid of him/her and be free-kind of thing, you have to learn to love them. That’s just ridiculous!

No; you don’t have to love everything and everyone, only accept what is! It is what it is, and you loving it resenting it has no meaning other than how it makes you feel in the Now-moment.

Sometimes I hear from others that they are trying real hard to love a situation or person that clearly is not good for them, and they think and believe that they are stuck because of their own dis-ability to “love”, but that is not so.

What in fact is holding them back has been the thought that;

1. I am the changer of the situation, that I’m in control, or that I have to control myself and my feelings and thoughts at any cost before things can change, and this only creates huge inner stress.
2. Trying to make ourselves feel anyway but how we are actually feeling; stuffing the ‘non-loving’ thoughts and feeling away as far as we can and reeeally trying hard to be ‘loving’ towards everything and everyone.

Newsflash; we are humans too; having a wide range of emotions, and all our emotions should be listened to as they are our (very valuable) guides. It’s the resistance to our true emotions that creates anxiety and even severe anger at times.

It doesn’t mean that we hate or resent that which we don’t love.

It’s really about acceptance, and having an inner knowing of being where we are by divine appointment; that God knows what he’s doing and doesn’t need to know our own little plans and wish-lists etc.

The more we can give those up actually, the better. (or surrender the struggles)

But that is not easy, as we as humans has been taught to fight our way through life.

God uses us all in different ways, and I don’t feel the need of telling God anything but showing him my willingness to be at service and do his will, not mine.

God knows me in my heart of hearts and knows what my spiritual temper tantrums are about; it’s my ego fighting and resisting change, and that is all. He knows my Spirit, and now afterwards I can smile about it again.

What I want to say, is that it is OK to feel “bad feelings” too, we all do that sometimes, and the more we pretend the emotions (all of them) are not there, the more struggle we create in our lives in this precise moment. Yes; you can feel pissed of, and still “create” positive change in your life!

Inner peace is definitely something to desire, and I think that is what we all want more than anything else – and when we feel that way (Peaceful), we are open to the divine plan to unfold for us, but we are not the ones creating it, we are receiving it. (the plans and goals of the Soul)

We find peace in being who we are, loving sometimes, and at times not. Acceptance of who we are regardless or our ability to always love everything, THAT creates true relief and inner peace, which leads to a more loving ways of being too. All in a natural way. 

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Not really!

But this technique can definitely help you come closer to a decision that has been on your mind for the longest time.

Call Heads or Tails!

If you have done the pro and con lists, thought and meditated on a decision for ages and you’re still unable to decide something, then this could be very helpful.

It requires that you pay close attention to how you feel, what your first immediate gut-reaction is.

Narrow whatever choices you are wrestling with to two, flip the coin, and pay close attention the immediate gut reaction to the outcome.

For example; if you are indecisive about what job to chose if you have been offered two:

Pretend within your mind that you ‘have to’ go with the job that is tails for example, and toss the coin.

If your immediate reaction is that you feel happy with the way the coin toss came out, or you feel relief for example, maybe your intuition is telling you that should go with that.

And if you feel disappointed with the way the coin toss came out, maybe that is telling you to ignore its outcome and choose the other alternative.

The important thing is to catch the first feeling that comes up. It only takes a few short moments for the mind to begin rationalising and using logic again, so pay attention to the first feeling you get and you are closer to clarity!

Intuition is usually the first feeling that comes up.

Another technique to use when not knowing what to do is to ask these two powerful questions.

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It doesn’t matter how many books you read, or how many programs or seminars you attend, if you don’t make the time to actually connect with your Spirit Spiritually.

You can’t ‘reach enlightenment’ by watching videos about how to achieve your hearts desires. There’s no real connection there, all it is is a feeding of the ego going on. I can’t believe that there are people who actually buying into that someone else (a guru or some kind of teacher) are able to “unlock them to reach enlightenment” – no one can do that for us!

The True Self is beyond the mind, and the ego is very manipulative, and therefor it’s such a big industry I believe. I could easily sell those ideas too (anyone can), because they are attractive to the mind, who thinks it’s the master of the universe, and the world is still very much ego-based. It just doesn’t resonate with me at all.

The mind (or the ego) will always have a reason why you can’t use half an hour of your 24 hours to do meditation. Other things become more important, such as watching sales-pitching law of attraction-video clips on how you can create your own reality…

“I don’t have time to do this now, I have so many things to do, I’ll do it later when things are better in my life, when I have created the life of my dreams, then I’ll have time to meditate” the ego tells you.

We are not our minds, and should not be trusting it that much, it’s basically a social product which makes it decisions based on the past and its experiences.

Question it! “I really don’t have time to meditate now?”

If you have time to hang on Facebook for hours every day, then how come you don’t have time to really connect with yourself for 30 minutes a day?

If you have time to watch the news, or read the same newspaper over and over again, then you absolutely have time to meditate. It’s really about making priorities consciously.

But it’s when we start paying attention to the inner world that the mind (or ego) gets alert because meditation means the death of it. In meditation you are not in mind, and that scares the shit out of the ego, so it will begin making reasons for postponing the time you had chosen for meditation.

Suddenly things get urgent; you should do this and that, whatever it takes to get you distracted from actually meditating.

We can’t “tap into our infinite potential” intellectually!

We can’t understand the deeper Self from an intellectual level of awareness.

We can read all the books in the world, know a lot of things about nice concepts and all that, but that won’t help at all if we want to transform ourselves spiritually.

Meditation leads to freedom from the mind and ego, not by reading about it and watch videos about it, or read/post inspirational quotes on our Facebook status.

When in a meditative state of mind we are freed from the past and future and we are totally in the Now, and the ego does not like that at all.

The ego runs our memory (past) and imagination (future) and in the present moment those things disappear, there is not need for it, because it’s not real.

You have transcended, and now you will tap into all the potential within yourself, and only now.

I urge everyone to make room for half an hour of meditation everyday, instead of buying into all the hype about how to create your own reality etc, which is a very shallow way of living.

Understand me right; we can absolutely live that way too, from that perspective, but there is a deeper place from where to “create”, where we don’t create the visions by visualising or making vision-boards etc, but where we receive the visions, the right visions, that come from our Soul.

In meditation we connect with that which is real and true, and from that space life become more authentic.

Break the barriers to your inner world, not by the means of the world (gurus, books, videos and what not) but by silence and contemplation; meditation.

“There is a deeper realm of being that is beyond what we perceive with our senses; much more to life than what we see and hear with our senses. Tune into that, even if you can’t feel it yet, even if you have no idea how it looks like, just know it’s there, within you and keep asking your soul to reveal that which is real and true in your existence” ~Maria Erving

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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Lao Tzu

At a time of economic downturn, with corruption on the rise and countries at war, we wondered what could bring greater awareness, kindness, and compassion to a world in so much chaos? Could something as subtle and understated as meditation possibly have any affect on business, the environment, conflict, or even politics? Can meditation make a big enough change in consciousness to transform the way we see ourselves, each other, and our world?

We have both been immersed in meditation since we were young. It is the foundation of our lives, and often makes us wonder what life would be like without it when we look around and see the massive confusion and suffering that many people experience. So, for our book, BE THE CHANGE, How Meditation Can Transform You and The World, we wanted to paint a more varied picture by including many of the cool people who do it, how it affects them, and why you should do it too!

Meditation has been the main focus of spiritual practice for thousands of years, but it is only in the last few decades that the general population has begun to realize how valuable it really is, regardless of spiritual or religious interests. However, this poses a conundrum. If meditation is so available and as well known as it seems to be, why is it not already an integral part of everyone’s lives? If health reports are saying how good it is as a way to cope with stress, how it makes you feel better about yourself and others, why do we ignore it or find excuses not to do it?

Self-centeredness and selfishness — hallmarks of the ego — affect not only our own lives and relationships but also influence the way we behave in the world. There is no limit to the damage a strong ego can do, from the arrogant conviction that our own opinions are the only right ones and everyone should be made to believe in them, to wielding and abusing power at the expense of other people’s lives or liberties. The ego is neither good nor bad, except when self-centeredness dominates our thoughts, feelings, and perceptions of life. A positive sense of self gives us confidence and purpose, but a more negative and selfish aspect of the ego makes us unconcerned with other people’s feelings; it thrives on the idea of me-first and impels us to cry out, “What about me? What about my feelings?”

The ego also makes us believe that we are the dust on the mirror, that we could never be so beautiful as the radiant reflection beneath the surface. Yet how extraordinary to believe that we cannot be free when freedom is our true nature! When we begin to see that such self-centeredness does not lead to happiness and we yearn for something more genuine, when we realize that the pit of meaninglessness and emptiness inside is never truly satiated no matter how much we feed it, or when we have just had enough of chaos and suffering, then the longing for change arises.

This brings us to the importance of contemplation and meditation. Without such a practice of self-reflection, we are subject to the ego’s every whim and have no way of putting a brake on its demands. Meditation, on the other hand, gives us the space to see ourselves clearly and objectively, a place from which we can witness our own behavior and reduce the ego’s influence.

Meditation changes us. From being self-centered, we become other-centered, concerned about the welfare of all equally, rather than being focused on just ourselves. We become more acutely aware of how we affect the planet, how we treat each other and our world, and seek to become a positive presence rather than a negative one. As we find our own peace, we want to actively help others to also be at peace.

Science is now proving that meditation is a genuine way to generate peace by reducing potentially harmful emotions, such as fear and anger. We usually think of such mind states as a fixed part of life, but they do not need to be. Many negative emotions arise from the emphasis we place on success and achievement, which is a left-brain activity. During meditation, we engage the right side of the brain, which encourages us to communicate in a more positive and caring way.

To bring peace to those around us and to our world, we have to change from being concerned with our own needs to reaching out and helping each other. But for kindness and compassion to become a natural expression of who we are, we need tools—help, guidance, and support. Meditation in its many forms is the one tool we have found that does all of this. By getting to know ourselves, discovering that we are more than we thought we were, and by connecting more deeply with our essential self, we find that we have the resources, strength, and wisdom to not only make changes, but to become the change we so long for.

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See our award-winning book: BE THE CHANGE, How Meditation Can Transform You and the World, forewords by the Dalai Lama and Robert Thurman, with contributors Jack Kornfield, Jane Fonda, Father Thomas Keating, Marianne Williamson, Ram Dass, and many others.

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When the movie “The Secret” debuted, it became an instant buzz.  Everyone wanted to know more and more about this Law of Attraction concept. The idea is that everything is made up of energy and since energy vibrates, that means everything that exists actually vibrates whether you can view it or not.  All thoughts, beliefs, and feelings that you create and put out into the universe is exactly what will be handed back to you on a silver platter.

If you are feeling positive, you will attract back positive feelings and the same goes, if we are vibrating negative feelings that, too, will be attracted back to you.  Sound easy?  Absolutely.

There is, however, one very important key element missing in all of this and that is action.  That’s right, the law of attraction doesn’t state we have to take action, we just have to think about what we want and the universe will manifest that right back to us.  Now for an addict or alcoholic, this is definitely the softer and easier way to gain sobriety.  You don’t have to go to meetings, get a sponsor, read the big book, or for that matter do any work to become clean and sober.  You just think, believe, and feel sobriety, and it will just happen.  

This is similar to the instant gratification mentality of an addict or alcoholic, that if you just have this drink or take this drug, you will suddenly feel better.   This was intriguing, but I could not fathom how just thinking something would bring it into existence, however, physicists or law of attraction proponents might disagree.

I became interested in the Law of Attraction and how it might help addicts and alcoholics while working at a famous Malibu Treatment Center.  I noticed after the clients viewed the movie, there was this complete silence in the room and the energy of the environment completely shifted. There was this transformation that permeated the rehab and suddenly clients who had been depressed, un-motivated, and detached suddenly became hopeful, inspired, and suddenly eager to soak up everything their treatment program was providing them.  How could this be?

In recovery, the belief is that there must be a complete makeover of your life, if sobriety is to be achieved.  The law of attraction did not provide these tools, however what it did offer was the idea that if you live on purpose and if you have meaning in your life, you are aligning yourself with what the universe wants for you.  Whether you call it God, universe, source, higher power, Buddha, or Jesus, everyone has a calling and a greater purpose.  This idea of purpose and meaning in one’s life seemed to be the catalyst that was energizing these clients. 

It was at this point, I was determined to find a way to integrate the law of attraction into these recovering alcoholics and addicts’ lives, and that is where the Law of Sobriety was incubated.

Addicts and alcoholics in many ways are looking for a transcendent experience when they use and drink to transport them out of the intolerable reality in which they are living. They are already on a spiritual quest of sorts by using mind altering substances to gain relief and to escape their very existence.     

Some call it emptiness, a soul sickness, a bottomless pit, but whatever it is, addicts and alcoholics are missing out on any sort of joy and will go to great lengths to find it.  Alcohol and drugs may provide them with a temporary reprieve, but it is certainly not the long term answer to the pain and emptiness most addicts and alcoholics feel on a daily basis.   

Happiness is something we seek outside of us, but joy is already within us.  If an individual is living a life of purpose and meaningfulness, then joy is possible.   Once the addict aligns its energy with their calling and takes certain action steps to get there, then the universe allows the addict access to a deeper form of satisfaction that is un-available with the self destructive behavior that comes from alcoholism and drug addiction.  This is when the addict connects with a universal life force and it is here that space opens up creating a life that is filled with harmony and peace.

This is the serenity the addict was so desperately searching for but always looking for it in the wrong places. All along, the answers could be found inside the addict’s being.   He just did not know how to access it because the drugs and alcohol got in the way.

The action steps in creating a joyful life for the addict consists of living on purpose and with intention, living a life of value and authenticity, learning to live in appreciation and compassion for oneself and others, living a life of right action and the power to chose the right path, living with profound awareness and mindfulness, and learning to let go of resistance and attachments.

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The following is an excerpt from “Truth Works, Divine Life Lessons for Kids of All Ages”.  The book will be released this fall; please visit www.ginasendef.com for information about pre-ordering a copy.

What could possibly be wrong with hope?  When all else is gone, we always have hope; right?  Not entirely.  Hope as a form of faith is a positive and uplifting experience.  However, if you cling desperately to hope in lieu personal responsibility than it becomes more of a problem instead of part of a solution; hope should never mean forgoing our own role in our lives.  Unfortunately, too many people have made a habit of relying solely on hope to bring about miracles without actually partaking in the resolution of the issues they pray to improve.

The truth is; dependency on hope is a form of scarcity thinking.  Too often, we live in hope when we should be creating hope; and that difference is vital to manifesting your dreams.  Living in hope is a way of waiting and wishing for things to change and dreams to come true out of thin air; it’s an illusion.  The Law of Attraction does not mean you will create your vision without effort.  Sadly, most people think of their aspirations and then linger while doing nearly nothing to make them reality.  Remaining passive in the hope that things and/or people will change to bring about your desires or happiness is both foolish and wasteful; so why do so many people do this?

It’s all about fear.  If we actually took the time and made the effort towards achieving our desire or improving our circumstances, we might succeed OR we might fail.  It is a fear of failure that precludes many from creating their lives and leaves them instead longing and wishing, or “hoping”. 

Daily you will hear expressions of hope for one reason or another.  Many of these hopeful statements are nothing more than an excuse for not having done the work or the right thing in the first place; only to end up relying on the magic of hope to fix our mess.

Living in hope imprisons you to believing there is nothing you can do but sit around and wait; wait for circumstances to change, wait for help, wait for a new boss, wait for a new government leader, wait for someone else to change.  Many people are more willing to wait then to actually take responsibility and do something to fix their issues.  Hope only works when you make it happen, not when you wait for it.

People who create hope see problems as opportunities, the do not stay idle while others do the work to bring about resolution.  They do not use hope as a scapegoat for avoiding responsibility.  They do not cling desperately to the notion of hope as their only answer.

We are all capable of overcoming anything but hope provides no help on its own.  Hope is not about waiting, it’s about action.  Hope is not the solution; it is the inspiration to find it.  If you rely solely on hope, you are living in fear; fear of change, fear of failure, fear of success, fear of trying.  Hope without action is living in the grips of your ego and it will ironically always lead to hopelessness.

When you understand that the nature of hope (and faith) is to provide encouragement for us to engage, then hope becomes your ally.  Once you take part in making changes necessary for improvement, you will become part of the hope by inspiring others to follow.  That’s when you are a creator of hope as opposed to a victim of it.

Hope is not the excuse to simply state you intentions and wait around.  Hope means you pray and find the way to make it happen; having the faith that you can do it.  Hope is about overcoming fear, not living in it.  It means that you take risks, try new things, make mistakes, and listen to your intuition because that is how Heaven guides us.  Hope offers the prayer and faith gives us the courage to follow through with the solution.

If you wait in hope, you are only offering the prayer or intention for what you want or need.  We can pray all the time but if we do nothing afterwards the results will be nothing.  Once you state an intention to God or your angels, you must be willing to first listen and then have to faith to follow through with the guidance you receive.  When you give a prayer you must receive the advice that follows.  Sure, Heaven will send help but God can only help those willing to help themselves. 

The law of free will means that God and our guardian angels will not interfere in our lives unless we ask for help; but asking is only part of the remedy we seek.  Whenever we ask, we hope for an answer but if we ignore the response or do not follow the guidance given then we have chosen for our situation not to improve.  It’s like ordering a product from a catalog and then not opening it when it arrives; it’s useless.

Many people ignore Heaven’s guidance out of a lack of faith or ignorance.  When we express our heart’s desire, hoping for it to be fulfilled, God will always provide help.  It’s our willingness to use that help that matters after that.  You will find answers if you are aware and you trust enough to take action.  You may get the information you need, meet someone new who can help you, get a great idea, or sometimes it’s a blessing in disguise that will push us to change.  Too often people ignore their intuitive ideas or dismiss Heaven’s help as their imagination or they do not take the action because they are afraid.  Often, God presents us with new opportunities that may start as a problem that will lead to something better; our true desire is thrust upon us.  In these situations, if you do not have faith you will sabotage the outcome. 

Unfortunately, many people spend too much time asking “why me?” when they should be focusing on the blessing waiting at the end.  They lose faith and sometimes don’t even try to have it.  They wait, hoping for the best without taking action or with negativity behind their action.  Negativity is fear and it will create blocks in manifesting.  Like energy always attracts like energy especially when we are in a difficult situation; even when times are tough, you must remain positive and have faith that all will be well.  Too often people hope for a change and then say something negative about their problems; attracting more of them. 

Why hope for the best when you expect the worst?  When you do this, you are using hope as your solution and the excuse to why you cannot achieve your goals.  Furthermore, you are living in fear.  Hoping for the best is futile if you refuse to take action; it will imprison you in a negative, stagnant cycle of disappointment wondering “why me?”  Because if all you are willing to do is hope, then you are truly hoping for nothing.

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I don’t know about you, but I have had many foot-stomping moments of spiritual temper tantrums when I have felt stuck and frustrated. Nowadays I recognize them before I let it go that far and I know I have to take step back from whatever it is that I am trying to accomplish. And simply let God do his thing and not interfere. Sometimes we have to let go of trying to control how things will unfold for us.

Often the ways of God surprises us, and we couldn’t have figured out the path by ourselves. Just know that when we let go and let God, we will be delighted, because that is how God is. All is really well and God doesn’t need our “help”.

There is a fine line between being scared to move forward and outside of our comfort zone, and being asked to wait by God, and awareness is the key to what’s going on. There is a reason why things are not moving forward and by asking yourself, or God if you will, what it is, you get the answers.

Sometimes there are things waiting for us in the near future that we know nothing about yet, and when we try to make things happen ourselves while at the same time hearing God really clearly telling us to chill and we just continue to ignore what our intuition is telling us, we are only standing in our own way.

God has the whole picture. He knows the way. He has people lined up for us, situations that benefits us (and others) and all sorts of means ready to help us– if we could just relax and don’t try to “fix” something that is not even broken!

Stress and struggle has to be banished for good. Remember the saying “there can be no happy ending to an unhappy journey”. We have to learn to only do things from a place of alignment which means doing things only when we are inspired, and not from a place of being merely motivated, which is often based in some kind of fear; “if I’m not doing this NOW, then this awful thing might happen so I HAVE to make it happen NOW, or else..”

Sure, motivation can be a powerful force behind our “doing” but we should only act on it if we feel inspired or empowered, when it feels good to us.

From my own experience I have learned to stop immediately when I feel I am trying too hard, or if I feel stuck somehow. I have learned to simply stop what I’m doing altogether and distract myself from the “challenge” by quieting down my mind, connecting with myself again and looking within for answers.

Not to say that this is always as easy; I still have my spiritual tantrums at times!

Powerful questions to ask yourself and conversations to have with yourself could be:

• I feel I’m ready for the next step; but if I’m not, then make me. You know what’s best for me God.
• If I have some fears that I don’t know about on a subconscious level, then I am asking you God to undo them, and restore me to who and what I know myself to be. Take my fears and I receive your peace in exchange. (Yes; God wants to give it to you more than anything else, because in peace the lines between you is completely open)
• What is it that I need to learn before I can move forward? Show me what I need to know.
• Is this procrastination coming from ego, or is it God telling me to wait? Give me signs God, communicate with me so that I know what to do, if there is anything I need to do.
• What is the next step for me? (Trust the answer that comes up, even if it says that you should do nothing)

And finally I say something like this:

“I have no idea why I feel this stuck, when I know I have the willingness and passion, and I’m so eager to do this! But I know you know the whole picture God, so I’m just going to sit here quietly and listen for direction, and I’m going to trust whatever comes up, because I know you know everything about this situation and I myself know nothing. So I leave this whole matter in your hands now, knowing that when it’s my turn to do something, I will know, because the communication between us is so clear. Thank you God, for always helping me.”

And then I just sit and listen, with this phrase in mind:

” Be still and know that I am God”.

And don’t try to find the answers! Let them come to you. It’s not up to you to figure out the answers at all. Leave the task to God. Insights can then come from that place of Peace.

Remember: “Be still and know that I am God”.

If the process of spiritual awakening gets overwhelming, consider healing and spiritual counseling sessions with Maria via Skype or Email.

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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.  ~John Muir

On August 4, 2011 I posted a blog entry called “To Hug a Tree”, emphasizing the connection we have with the Natural world and the importance of our conscious re-connection with it as an obvious and necessary extension of ourselves. Later that afternoon I walked into our local bookstore and directly into a book called, Earthing. The cover was of two, beautiful sand-colored human footprints impressed into a dark soil, and with greenery nearby. The title and cover alone drew me to pick up the book. Within moments I knew why:

In 1998, a man named Clint Ober sat on a park bench in Sedona, Arizona. As he watched the parade of people walking by, it occurred to him that almost everyone, including Clint, wore synthetic plastic or rubber soled shoes. He began to wonder if such footwear, which had increasingly replaced leather since the 1960s, could impact health.

A retired cable TV executive, who had spent 25 years participating in the rise of the cable industry and his own business, Clint Ober had understood exactly what “cable” for cable television does:  the crisp image delivered by cable is the result of “shielding” that prevents signals from leaking out and prevents outside disturbances from leaking in.  Clint Ober realized in a “lightening bolt moment” that plastic or rubber soles would insulate people from the natural electrical surface charge of the Earth.

Mr. Ober began to consider how his experience with cable TV might apply to the human body. He realized that most people wear synthetic-soled shoes that insulate their bodies from the Earth’s energy field. This seemingly simple realization inspired a scientific adventure that has resulted in what some say is perhaps the greatest health discovery of our time.

The surface of the Earth resonates with natural, subtle energies. Ongoing scientific research is discovering the details as to why people feel significantly better when they connect with these omnipresent energy fields. Earthing refers to the process of connecting by walking barefoot outside, as humans have done throughout history – or sitting, working, or sleeping grounded indoors. Earthing immediately equalizes your body to the same energy level, or potential, as the Earth, which results in synchronizing your internal biological clocks, hormonal cycles, and physiological rhythms, and suffusing your body with healing, negatively charged free electrons (a good thing) abundantly present on the surface of the Earth.

My gratitude runs deep for this wonderful person, Clint Ober, who has now spent the last decade helping people all over the world become “grounded” by something as simple as spending time barefoot, standing on the earth. “Naturally” numerous stories of whole-body healing have taken place. With his background in cable and the installation of it, he was inspired to take this “a-ha” moment many steps further, after years of research, creating additional products that aid people in improving their homes and workspace, and even sleeping areas, with items that can help to keep a human in touch with the energetic healing frequencies of the earth, even while surrounded by every nuance of the technologically advancing world.

I’ve not read Clint Ober’s book yet, and so I don’t know what he proposes with regard to how to stand, how long, and how often,  but what I’d like to offer here is that our Mother Earth is everywhere. She costs nothing and gives of herself freely, although we have cost her plenty and taken much. For those who are in deep and dire need of balancing, healing, and recovery, I invite you to immediately create a sacred time each day where you stand directly on the earth, barefoot. Find a patch of earth that doesn’t already have pesticides sprayed on the grass, even if you have to ask someone’s help in locating or creating it. Perhaps it is in a neighbor’s organic garden area. If they have an organic garden, they are someone who has already begun to awaken, and I am certain that they will help you. They probably already have a sitting area where, if you are too weak to stand, you may sit with feet on the ground at first, graduating to standing later.

If you are in hospice, or are experiencing a health crisis of any degree at this time and need assistance in connecting directly with earth, you might ask your caregiver(s) to take an hour and read up on this idea of Earthing for you, and either follow simple guidelines as to how to get you directly upon the healing Mother Earth, – lying or sitting or standing – or follow their own intuition about what it would entail to make sure that you are warm, dry, comfortable and yet nothing lies between your body and the earth that would prevent you from receiving her healing, natural energies. For all we know, this vital piece of information and this obvious reminder of “what has already been given” is here for you right now, to utilize and to benefit from, and may provide the healing miracle you have prayed for.

Should you feel drawn to find out more beyond the simple act of standing for periods of time on the earth each day, I want to guide you to follow your own intuition, and if you feel curious, please visit both of Mr. Ober’s websites, where you can listen to audio clips, read more about all aspects of the research and the results, as well as read an excerpt from his book, Earthing, which I noticed is the recipient of the Nautilus Silver Award for 2011, an award that “recognizes books that promote spiritual growth, conscious living and positive social change, while at the same time stimulating the imagination and offering the reader new possibilities for a better life, and a better world.”  As well, I observed in the product area of the Earthing website that they have a number of products which can aid in further healing by keeping a human body connected to these natural earth frequencies almost all day long, and yet I didn’t notice flash or glamour or a “sell” job for any of it. In fact, what I read while reading up on his research at a different website of his, devoted to the ongoing research and distribution of the Earthing concept, was this:

“We envision an “Earthing revolution” ahead as increasing numbers of people the world over experience the health benefits of Earthing and as more research is published.

We envision a massive demand for personal grounding products not just in homes and offices, but in clinics, hospitals, and even schools.

This expected wave of interest will create innumerable business and job opportunities to bring the calming and healing power of the Earth outside into the lives of everyone indoors so that everyone lives grounded most of each and every day.”

To visit the homepage for Earthing please go to: www.earthing.com  To visit the website devoted to further education, training, and research, please go to:  www.earthinginstitute.net

I close this entry with a prayer of thanks for this information coming my way, and your way, and the earth’s way at this time. And with, of course, a poem:

If We Are Naked

We say that we will have a Good Life.

This is a guarantee

if we are kind to one another.

If we are patient.

If, when I speak, you listen

and if when you speak, I hear you.

This is assured,

if we continue to look for one another.

If we want to find.

If, when I am here, I am seen,

and if, when you are here, I see you.

We say that this will be a Good Life.

This is a guarantee

if We are Naked with one another.

If We are clotheless.

If, when I am vulnerable,

you shelter,

and if, when you are defenseless,

I protect.

‘If We Are Naked’ – Em Claire – Copyright 2007 All Rights Reserved

*Dedicated to the Protection of Mother Earth*

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